Earth Day 1990 - Live at Michigan Tech | Self Righteous Bastards

Earth Day 1990 - Live at Michigan Tech

by Self Righteous Bastards

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1.	Our Cafe Is A Death Camp 06:09	info	buy track
2.	Jane and Jean 03:47	info	buy track
3.	Down 04:36	info	buy track
4.	Today 04:20	info	buy track
5.	Burial Of A Timepiece 05:07	info	buy track
6.	Queen Charm 05:08	info	buy track
7.	Can't Catch Caught 07:26	info	buy track
8.	The Tree 03:45	info	buy track
9.	Love Den 08:53	info	buy track
10.	Bad Breath 02:52	info	buy track
11.	Oops, Sorry... (Lounge) 08:22	info	buy track
12.	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 01:17	info	buy track
13.	Oops, Sorry... 02:06	info	buy track
14.	Walk Don't Run (Ventures cover) 01:40	info	buy track
15.	Planet Claire (B-52's cover) 03:31	info	buy track
16.	European Son (Velvet Underground cover) 04:16	info	buy track

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Earth Day 1990... Houghton, Michigan

A good friend of the band who went to Michigan Tech University, invited us up to play and set up a great night of live music at a dance studio that was below his apartment. A number of local bands played along with The Self Righteous Bastards. A 10 hour trip each way, but so much fun... and we made enough money for gas for the cars and pasties for the ride home.

The crowd was pretty quiet for the first half of the show, but from the first moment of the second set (Can't Catch Caught) things were electric. Steve and John often had to play with their backs to the crowd to keep the mosh pit from overflowing onto the "stage" area. At around 3:10 in "Can't Catch Caught", you can hear John telling Jake to try to keep everyone out of the band area as people were stepping on gear and running into Steve and John. During both "CCC" and "The Tree" someone in the mosh pit stepped on Steve's guitar pedals and turned off the guitar sound. The whole show was so much fun... :)

The show was recorded with a 4-track, but we only had three mics, so the bass guitar is hard to hear. The master 4-track recording of the first song ("Deathcamp") couldn't be found, but the rest of the show was re-mixed, EQ'd and mastered by John in his current studio.

Our drummer Brian took the cover photo, so he's not actually in it, but our host Brian Soltis is on the left and our friend/groupie/roadie Ian is on the roof.

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released June 1, 1990

Jake - lyrics, vocals
John - guitar and bass
Steve - guitar and bass
Brian - drums

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Self Righteous Bastards Lansing, Michigan

The Self Righteous Bastards began as a bunch of friends goofing off in Holmes Hall at Michigan State University in 1986. But it developed into a powerful band with a full set of uniquely crafted original songs.

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